Analysis of contents page ideas

Analysing Fonts

analysing sketches

Ideas for colour scheme

Initial ideas for main stories

 New big up coming artist

Story about a new artist who has just entered the charts. Audience will know a bit amount the artist as they have just released a well-known song, which is very popular with the target audience of this magazine. If the audience see this story on the front cover they will want to read on as they will be curious to find out more information about this new artist, as no one knows anything about him/her. This story will cover the double page spread, where there are exclusive pictures and information about the artist. There will be a short interview, revealing information that no one knows.


Revealing interview with famous artist

The story will be about a very well known artist, who is very popular with the target audience of this magazine. The artist will attract the audience, as they will feel they are going to find out more information about the artist they love. The double page spread will include the interview, with a series of detailed questions finding out back stage gossip of his/her life.


Interview with two famous singers about their new romance

The story will include information on how two singers have fallen in love and are now a couple. The two artists will be famous, and well known and people who the target audience listens to. This story will attract the audience, as they will be shocked and excited about how these two very different people are now an item. The story will go onto the double page spread, where the woman is interviewed telling us about her new boyfriend. There will be pictures of them together at one main image of her.

Success story

The story will be about how a person has gone from having nothing to now being a famous artist. The person will be a well-known artist, who is very popular with the target audience. The story will explain information about his/her childhood, and talking briefly through the ups and downs in her life. People will be excited to head about how they are going to find out unknown information about this artists, as most people reading this magazine will want to be nosy on artists lives outside of the music.

Initial ideas for magazine title

Here are some ideas I have though of:

• YourMusic
• Rhythm
• TuneIn
• Musica
• Charts
• Dance
• ListenIn
• Sound
• Ear Candy
• Melody
• Groove
• Mayhem

Three favourite names

•Mayhem: I like this name as I think it sounds exciting, and links in well with my genre. Mayhem makes it sound like a funky and upbeat magazine.  The short name is easy to remember, and I think will look good on the front of a magazine.

•Rhythm: When the customers read this they will easily be able to tell what type of magazine this is. Rhythm also adds to the genre as people will know that this is not a rock or classic magazine, it is a pop. Rhythm also sounds like a modern work , and is suitable for a younger age group.

•TuneIn: I like this name as it is blunt but catchy. TuneIn makes it sound like people need to come in to this magazine and read it. ‘Tune’ tells the audience the magazine is about music, making it seem upbeat. I think TuneIn would be a good name as it is short and easy to remember.

Target Audience Profile

This is Rebecca Lewis. She is 16 years old, and lives in Essex. She is currently attending 6^th form, studying media, photography, business and art. She has a part time job at Topshop, working 3 nights a week, allowing her to have her own money that she can spend on her favourite things. She spends most of the week concentrating on school work, so she can spend the whole weekend partying and having fun with her friends. She is very out going, and spends the weekend shopping with her friends, and buying outfits for the party’s and clubs she is going to that night.

Although she loves to go out, she also enjoys relaxing with her friends, having sleepovers with pizza and films. Her favourite films are 50 First Dates, The Notebook, Honey and Confessions of a Shopaholic. She is up to date with the fashion, and always on top with the latest trends with her idol being Cheryl Cole and Blake Lively. She shops in places like Top shop, River Island, Zara and H&M. She loves music, and always has her iPod or Kiss100 playing so she can sing along. Rebecca mainly listens to r&b, hip-hop and pop and not very keen on rock or classical music.

Her family are comfortably off, and fall into category 28 ‘working families with mortgages’ in the ACORN classification.

Analysing double page spreads